Siege of Sirhind

Battle of sirhind or chhapar chiri
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date1710
LocationVillage chhapar chiri near Sirhind
Result Sikhs initially besiege and storm Sirhind, Mughals quickly recapture city.[1][2]
Belligerents
Banda Bahadur 's Sikhs Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur Wazir Khan
Casualties and losses
All residents of Sirhind were burned alive or killed.[3]

The Siege of Sirhind was fought between the Mughals and Sikh forces in 1710. The Sikhs initially besieged and stormed the city of Sirhind,[2] however the Mughals were quick to recapture the city and quickly moved on to attack the Sikhs at Lohgarh. Wazir Khan was beheaded in the battle [1]

Aftermath

When Banda Singh Bahadur captured Sirhind he ordered that all men in the Mugal Army be executed.[3]

See also

Battle of Samana

References

  1. 1 2 Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
  2. 1 2 Jacques, p. 595
  3. 1 2 Syad Muhammad Latif (1964), History of the Panjab: From the Remotest Antiquity to Present Time, pp. 111–21
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